Background

Sarah Wood is a faculty member at PolicyLab, an Instructor of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, and an Attending Physician in the Craig Dalsimer Division of Adolescent Medicine at CHOP. She began her career in healthcare as a teen health educator and street outreach worker, and built upon these experiences to develop a life-long career committed to improving sexual and reproductive health outcomes in adolescents and young adults. Dr. Wood provides medical care to youth living with HIV at the CHOP Adolescent Initiative Clinic, and sexual and reproductive health care, including long-active reversible contraception, through CHOP’s Adolescent Gynecology Clinic. Her research focuses primarily on biomedical prevention of HIV in adolescents, with an emphasis on improving access and adherence to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis. Dr. Wood is also the project leader for a CHOP quality improvement initiative aiming to improve chlamydia screening rates among young women seeking primary care.

2007, Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement in the Program for Integrated Learning, Drexel University College of Medicine

2006-2007, Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania

2005, Association of Pathology Chairs Honor Society

Editorial and Academic Positions

Editorial Positions

2017-present, Reviewer, Journal of the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
2017-present, Reviewer, Journal of Adolescent Health
2016-present, Reviewer, Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States

Academic and Institutional Committees

2016-present, University of Pennsylvania Center for AIDS Research, HIV Disparities Scientific Working Group

Leadership and Memberships

Memberships in Professional Organizations

2014-present, Society for Pediatric Research
2014-present, Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
2013-present, American Academy of HIV Medicine

Patient Experience Ratings

About the Patient Experience Rating System

The Patient Experience Rating is an average of all responses to the care provider related questions shown below from our nationally-recognized Press Ganey Patient Satisfaction Survey. Patients that are treated in outpatient or hospital environments may receive different surveys, and the volume of responses will vary by question.

Responses are measured on a scale of 1 to 5 with 5 being the best score.

The comments are submitted by patients and families and reflect their views and opinions. The comments are not endorsed by and do not reflect the views of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.